29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (Record n° 13902)
Orbital period : 14.85 years
NASA/JPL elements
IAU/MPC elements
On 2015 May 21 05h11 UT by Jean-Gabriel Bosch
(Copyright Jean-Gabriel Bosch)Nuclear magnitude (m2) 16 Aperture radius used for m2 5.6 " Coma diameter 1.30 ' r (dist/Sun) 6.042 AU d (dist/Earth) 5.141 AU Right ascension 17 49 56.26 h m s Declination -31 47 58.2 ° ' " MPC report COD W96
CON ALAIN MAURY [jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch]
OBS A. Maury, J.-G. Bosch
MEA J.-G. Bosch
TEL 0.4-m f/8 Ritchey-Chretien + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2015.05.21 16:11:23
AC2 jean-gabriel.bosch@unige.ch
NET UCAC-4
0029P C2015 05 21.21607 17 49 56.26 -31 47 58.2 16.0 N W96
0029P C2015 05 21.24378 17 49 55.56 -31 47 58.6 16.0 N W96
Instrument 400 Instrument type Ritchey-Chretien Instrument aperture (0=naked eye) 400 mm Instrument focale length 3200 mm Instrument focale/diameter 8 Filter(s) None Camera QHY9 Sensor CCD Sensor temperature -35 °C Binning 2x2 Mount Paramount Motorization Yes Exposure details 20x120s Air mass 1.02 Observatory MPC code W96 Location San Pedro Atacama Reference stars catalog UCAC-4
Used softwares ASTROMETRICA Resulting picture sampling (scale) 0.69 "/pix URL for more information or pictures http://transitionsciel.blogspot.fr/ Observation submission date 2015 May 21 18h15m38s Observation modification date 2015 May 21 18h48m09s